Sunday, February 7, 2010

Record snowfall and no power

This was supposedly a record snowfall in the Baltimore-Washington region.  We have at least 24-30 inches with higher drifts.  Winds knocked out power from around 6:30 am on Saturday until around 2 am on Sunday.  I live on a dirt road so there will be no county snowplow.  We dug out the driveway & vehicles yesterday & today.  Some of the neighbors pitched in and dug out the road, then one neighbor with a bobcat worked on getting it plowed.  Good thing that whatever knocked out the power was not our our road, or we'd still be without electricity.  I don't have an alternative source of heat, but I do have propane for cooking, though we had to light the burners with a match.  Melted snow to wash dishes & used my campers coffee.  Couldn't use a match for the oven, but we did light the burners for a few minutes every couple of hours.   More shoveling tomorrow, and more snow expected midweek.  We are not used to this.

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